Brief biography
My research so far focused on assessing the interaction between expectancy and attention biases to threat using behavioral and neural measures. My planned research will focus on the causal interplay between expectancy and interpretation biases and their combined effect on anxiety symptoms and intolerance of uncertainty, using behavioral and neural measures. I am interested in understanding the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms of anxiety, and in using this knowledge to fine-tune cognitive bias modification procedures.
Academic Qualifications
| 2019 - 2024 |
PhD in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Haifa |
| 2017 - 2019 |
MA in Cognitive Neuroscience (summa cum laude), Department of Psychology, University of Haifa |
| 2014 - 2017 |
BA in Psychology and in English Language and Literature, University of Haifa |
Selected work and teaching experience:
| since 2024 |
Postdoctoral Researcher ('Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter'), Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute of Psychology, University of Göttingen |
| 2024 |
Intern junior editor at the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance |
| 2018 - 2019 |
Teaching assistant for BA level, University of Haifa |
| 2015 - 2022 |
Research assistant in various departments at the University of Haifa |
Awards
| 2021 - 2024 |
Academic excellence scholarship for outstanding PhD students from minority groups, granted by the Council for Higher Education and Planning and Budgeting Committee (IL) |
| 2021 |
Research grant, granted by the Social Sciences Faculty, University of Haifa. |
| 2020 |
Award for early completion of thesis (i.e., two years), granted by the Graduate Studies Authority, University of Haifa. |
| 2019 - 2021 |
Academic excellence scholarship for outstanding PhD students, granted by the Graduate Studies Authority, University of Haifa. Full tuition and living expenses scholarship |
| 2017 - 2019 |
Academic excellence scholarship for outstanding MA students from minority groups, granted by the Council for Higher Education and Planning and Budgeting Committee (IL) |
| 2015 - 2017 |
Academic excellence scholarship for outstanding BA students, Academia-Practica, University of Haifa |
